the look-n-feel is great so far, another addition could be the ability to add and retain user-defined character length in the drop-down. i think that's about it for gui, i couldn't think of anything else right now.

do continue with the renaming part and if it's not too much, can there be a log of old and new filename(s) whenever renaming occurs? btw, this log thing is totally optional.

actually i don't know. i'm afraid that both scripts - your's and skwire's will end up as identical twins. it'd be nice if there was a different approach, maybe in addition to trimming some rules-based renaming suggestions could be added.

actually i don't know. i'm afraid that both scripts - your's and skwire's will end up as identical twins. it'd be nice if there was a different approach, maybe in addition to trimming some rules-based renaming suggestions could be added.

item 4 is covered but item 2 can be used to change dots/underscore in the filename to whitespace or vice-versa. items 1 & 3 are not so useful. but you can add more characters to be removed like ` , ' # etc..

For the record, I'm really hesitant to develop this into a full-blown renamer. One, there are PLENTY of much more capable renamer apps out there and, two, I simply don't want to have to support a renamer app. Lanux, did you ever see Majkinetor's AHK-developed renamer app? If not: Multi-Rename Script

For the record, I'm really hesitant to develop this into a full-blown renamer. One, there are PLENTY of much more capable renamer apps out there and, two, I simply don't want to have to support a renamer app. Lanux, did you ever see Majkinetor's AHK-developed renamer app? If not: Multi-Rename Script

skwire: i think you misunderstood me. my post was intended for Target as he was contemplating on how to improve his script while keeping it distinct from yours. maybe should have quoted Target in the reply, my bad..

anyway to reiterate, i've always maintained that i don't want a '"full-blown renamer", as can be seen from my earlier post.

i've been using 1-4a rename but it doesn't allow any user-defined character length, only 64 chars or more is detected as too long.. anyway, i'm not looking for full-blown renamer.

as mentioned above, just a simple app that will load given folders/files, checks against user-defined length and report back the status. additionally if it allows me to rename by pressing F2 within the GUI, i'd be most happy.

+ F2-based file renaming in is place. Folder renaming is not. The error checking is fairly comprehensive at this point.+ Edit menu -> Length presets. You can enter in your own list of length presets.+ It will also save your last entered value.

+ F2-based file renaming in is place. Folder renaming is not. The error checking is fairly comprehensive at this point.+ Edit menu -> Length presets. You can enter in your own list of length presets.+ It will also save your last entered value.

Apologies, I should have been more clear. It should save the last custom length value you entered/used. In regards to the folder paths, it will save the last ten (this is easily changed if ten is not enough).

blocked folder renaming when files are also added to the listview (as changing folder names would change file paths as well...)

added a replace field - this is something of an experiment. Where the find field will accept comma separated strings, the replace field will only accept a single entry (be that a character or a string). Net effect is that if there is an entry in the replace field ALL characters/strings in the find field will be replaced with that character/string (it will accept white spaces so you could easily get caught)

todo -

do something about the trim functionality to trap requests to trim more than the available number of characters in a file name

I have been doing a bit of testing but i would greatly appreciate it if you (or anyone else for that matter) could do some for me (the more the better!!)

and if you have any feedback, please let me know...

I saw the other thread, I'll have a think about it and see if I can come up with anything...

Apologies, I should have been more clear. It should save the last custom length value you entered/used. In regards to the folder paths, it will save the last ten (this is easily changed if ten is not enough).

have some suggestions though.. checking 'Folders only' option can be made auto-toggle instead of having to click 'refresh'. i haven't tried the 'trim' functions yet but the 'custom replace' sometimes renames a file without its extension, might want to check up on that.

additionally in the status bar, the 'files found' info can be broken up to:(1) total numbers files/folders found and (2) the numbers files/folders being viewed due to the filtering.

and much as I enjoyed the reference, I'm not sure I want to produce something called crusties - that sort of thing that can follow you around (for years...)

contextually it's also a little confusing as the fellow was apparently either a minor deity (I'm somewhat used to this already) or a bandit. It may be that there is sometimes little difference but I'd prefer the former rather than the latter

at the end of the day he came to a sticky end regardless which is also something I'd rather avoid if at all possible...

Be nice if: one could expand the window horizontally. Believe it or not some file names here are longer than will fit without scrolling.highlighting on selected files could be adjusted on the fly, to match the value in the trim left/right spinners.there were a 'trim between'.one could select/copy directly from file names to paste into the 'custom replace' box.there were an undo.the tax man knocked on my door tomorrow to hand me a full, cash refund